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The Uffizi Gallery (UK: / juː ˈ f ɪ t s i, ʊ ˈ f iː t s i / yoo-FIT-see, uu-FEET-see; [2] [3] Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi, pronounced [ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
Leda and the Swan is a c.1505-1507 oil and resin on panel painting by a painter in the circle of Leonardo da Vinci.It may have originated in the Gualtieri Collection in L'Aquila and passed through various others before being acquired from the Spiridon Collection in 1989 by its present owner, the Uffizi.
The Loggiato of the Uffizi while during construction. The Loggiato is the semi-enclosed courtyard (Italian: cortile) space between the two long galleries of the Uffizi Gallery located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the historic center of Florence, capital of Tuscany, Italy.
A. Adam and Eve (Baldung) Adoration of the Christ Child (Honthorst) Adoration of the Christ Child (Lippi, Florence) Adoration of the Magi (Dürer) Adoration of the Magi (Lorenzo Monaco)
The painting is on a gold ground (gilded background), a feature of medieval painting, over which is a small paradise where the Coronation is being held.. It portrays Christ crowning the Virgin; both are surrounded by rays (executed through an engraving technique above the gilded background) which symbolize the divine light.
Self-portraits in the Uffizi Gallery number over 1,600 and have been collected over the centuries by various owners of the Uffizi. Only a few were ever on show at one time. From 1866 a selection was on show in the Vasari Corridor, but this became too unsafe for the growing stream of visitors in the 1930s and after World War II it was never ...
Tribuna degli Uffizi. The Tribuna of the Uffizi is an octagonal exhibition hall in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.Designed by Bernardo Buontalenti for Francesco I de' Medici in 1584, the most important antiquities and High Renaissance and Bolognese paintings from the Medici collection were and still are displayed here. [1]
The Portrait of Bia de' Medici is an oil-tempera on wood painting by the Italian Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino, dating to around 1542 and now in the Uffizi in Florence. [1] For a long time it was displayed in the Tribuna at the heart of the museum, but since 2012 it has been moved to the "sale rosse" of the Nuovi Uffizi.